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EuroLinux 9.4 Release Notes

This version's code name is San Marino - the capital of San Marino, the world's oldest republic.

Major changes in EuroLinux 9.4.

Security

Key security-related highlights:

  • Rsyslog log processing system introduces customizable TLS/SSL encryption settings and additional capability dropping options.
  • The OpenSSL TLS toolkit adds a provider-specific configuration directory.
  • The Linux kernel cryptographic API (libkcapi) 1.4.0 introduces new tools and options. You can now specify target file names for hash calculations using the -T option.
  • The stunnel TLS/SSL tunneling service 5.71 provides many new features such as support for modern PostgreSQL clients.

Programming languages, web and database servers

Later versions of the following application are now available:

  • MariaDB 10.11
  • nginx 1.24
  • PHP 8.2
  • PostgreSQL 16
  • Python 3.12

The following components have been upgraded:

  • Git LFS to version 3.4.1
  • Git to version 2.43.0

Compilers and development tools

Updated performance tools and debuggers

The following performance tools and debuggers have been updated:

  • elfutils 0.190
  • SystemTap 5.0
  • Valgrind 3.22

Updated performance monitoring tools

The following performance monitoring tools have been updated:

  • PCP 6.2.0

Updated compiler toolsets

The following compiler toolsets have been updated:

  • GCC Toolset 13
  • Go Toolset 1.21.7
  • LLVM Toolset 17.0.6
  • Rust Toolset 1.75.1

Java implementations in EuroLinux 9

The EuroLinux 9 AppStream repository includes:

  • The java-21-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 21 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 21 Java Software Development Kit.
  • The java-11-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime
  • Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
  • The java-17-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime
  • Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.
  • The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime
  • Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Known issues

Due to evolution of build process update for SCAP Security Guide are delayed now. They are going to be delivered soon.

Batteries repositories

The battery repository is available for customers with Golden Key and Gaia subscriptions. There are about 330 packages that are not part of any build (so they are not included in EuroLinux Open Build roots) but are required to rebuild EuroLinux/Custom Fork from RHEL or Eurolinux sources.

Container and cloud images

You can use the following publicly available images for EuroLinux 9:

Additional resources